1. CELL PHONES ETIQUETTE AND SAFETY

2. HISTORY  Technology invented in 1947  1 st trial in 1977 in Chicago  Big and too expensive for most of the public  Started to become affordable in the mid to late 1990’s

3. RANDOM FACTS  The first cell phone cost nearly $4,000!  The first cell phone weighed two pounds—literally a brick.  Telephobia: an actual psychological term describing the fear of making or receiving calls Telephobia  Cell phone users check their phones 150 times per day  58% of 12-year-olds have a cell phone.

5. ISSUES WITH CELL PHONES  Makes Cyberbullying More Painful  Plays a Role in Grooming  Sexting Made Easy  Unintentional Sharing of Geolocation Data

6. TIPS!  anything you send from your phones can be easily forwarded and shared.  never reveal cell phone numbers or passwords online  consequences of sending sexually explicit or provocative images or text messages--- can be charged with distributing child pornography

7. CELL PHONE MANNERS  Be in control of your phone, don’t let it control you!  Speak softly.  Be courteous to those you are with; turn off your phone if it will be interrupting a conversation or activity.  Watch your language, especially when others can overhear you

8. CELL PHONE MANNERS CONTINUED  Avoid talking about personal problems in a public place.  If it must be on and it could bother others, use the silent ring mode and move away to talk  Don’t make calls in a library, theater, church, or from your table in a restaurant.  Don’t text during class or a meeting at your job.  Private info can be forwarded, so don’t text it.  NEVER drive and use your phone at the same time.

9. SOURCES  http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/01/chapter-three-a-week-in-the-life- analysis-of-smartphone-users/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/01/chapter-three-a-week-in-the-life- analysis-of-smartphone-users/  Netsmartz.org  Common Sense Media